well-defined
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3.7
- adjective
- /wɛl dɪˈfaɪnd/
:
bien definido
- EBP is appropriate when the problem is well-defined and alternative solutions have been vigorously tested.
- a well-defined role
- a well-defined objective
- a well-defined property
You need you need a compelling moral narrative, you need well defined proximate goals.
- You need you need a compelling moral narrative, you need well defined proximate goals.
- It doesn't have to have, it doesn't have to be super well defined because I'm not able to define it well.
- So I think the test itself seems very nice and it's kind of well defined, actually like the the passing it or not.
- The thing with energy though is that the groundwork is well laid and talking about sort of like the upper bound is well defined.
- The house is an asset and invest for the long term in a well defined portfolio of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and ETFs.
- So usually the goal is not well defined and the process is very open in sense it's explosive and iterative.
- Go ahead with it because it's non invasive and the risk can be very, very well defined, you know, and if it does small amounts of good, so be it.
- Is not right that there is no well defined global state of the world at a time.
Examples
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Furthermore, many of these boys tended to have well-defined social positions.
Academic text (1994) -
Following the start of the swing, the bat conforms to a well-defined swing plane in the hitting zone.
Academic text (2011) -
But again, it's a perfectly well defined procedure to go about and and do the job.
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Complex algorithms work best in well defined stable situations where large amounts of data are available.
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In the West, long experience has established well-defined procedures for the valuation of firms.
Academic text (1991) -
In practice, this is largely taken care of by a common, well-defined syllabus.
Academic text (1993) -
A successful collaboration model for school librarians is structured, with well-defined characteristics.
Academic text (2013) -
The libertarian model of distributive justice favors a free market with well-defined rules that apply to all.
Academic text (2011) -
The criterion-based model was especially appealing in applied contexts in which some well-defined outcome measure could serve as the criterion.
Academic text (2013) -
The teacher gave a well-defined set of instructions for the project, leaving no room for confusion.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Easy to understand and not confusing
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3.4
Easy to see and follow because of clear signs
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Well-defined is made of well and defined, and the defined part comes from the pieces de- and fin- which mean 'end' or 'limit', the same root you see in final. So well-defined means an idea or rule has clear limits and meaning, which is why it is expressed clearly and without confusion.